Family-Style Greek Salad Reviews

"In our family," writes Georgia I. Chletcos of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, "we have a saying that the Greek kitchen is the original twenty-four-hour diner: It never closes. And being from a Greek family, I can say unequivocally that food is the center of our lives. As I've gotten older, preserving this tradition has become more important to me, so I've started experimenting with family recipes, including this one."

seems obvious, right? but I didn't know about the garlic powder. delicious, kids ate it too - used kalamata pitted olives from local maker - all delicious, kids ate it too (1 and 4) - used only 1/4 of the dressing, it was plenty

This is a delicous basic recipe. Sometimes I add
capers when I make a greek salad. And, instead
of drizzling lemon juice, tossing, and then
adding vinaigrette...I just make a lemon juice
vinaigrette.
To turn this from a salad into a whole meal, I'll add falafel. But, instead of making falafel balls, sometimes I make a falafel crumble and sprinkle it right into a greek salad and serve with warm pita triangles and a dollop of hummus with a sprinkle of paprika on the plate. Sort of a falafel sandwich
deconstructed into a salad.

This honestly can't be labeled a "greek salad". Visit Greece and you'll notice that an authentic greek salad does not have lettuce in it. Nice try, but what you unfortunately have here is an American version of salad with feta and olives. Not even close.